These Floating Hotel Rooms Carry You To Different Islands
It’s a cruise ship, minus the ship. Japan already has plenty of weird places for travelers to spend the night. The country boasts capsule hotels, love hotels and even a robot…
These Rotating Homes Produce Five Times The Energy They Use
They stalk the sun like sunflowers. Young sunflowers have their own circadian rhythm. At dawn, they face east and slowly turn their blooms west, following the sun’s movement. Through the…
Could ‘Arrival’ Really Happen?
‘Arrival’ A deep dive into whether humans’ brains could actually perceive nonlinear time. Our Movie Mythbusters series answers the age-old question, “Okay, but could that actually happen in real life?” “Arrival”…
This Japanese App Wants Your Real Poo
Time to learn the truth about your gut health. How much do you weigh? Divide that by 100. That’s how many pounds of bacteria are living in your body right now….
Scientists Will Bring A Woolly Mammoth Back To Life
Ethan Miller/Getty Be afraid. Be very afraid. A team of scientists from Harvard believe they’re on track to resurrect a live woolly mammoth within two years. Genetics professor George Church and his…
These Biodegradable Drones Save Lives & Then Disintegrate
A cardboard prototype of the Apsara drone. l Otherlab! Humanitarian aid just got a lot more fun. ? Drones are the hottest new gift for your techy boyfriend. They’re also the…
This House In Tehran Opens Like A Rubik’s Cube
This House In Tehran Turns Like A Rubik’s Cube The rooms were designed to handle the city’s extreme temperatures. Because it lies between the mountains and desert, Tehran gets really hot…
Scientists Recreated The Sun In A Lab
And it could generate free, clean energy forever. Scientists recently took a step toward generating cheap, unlimited power forever. The process uses fusion, which binds together the nuclei of lighter atoms into…
Can A Broken Arm Really Predict The Weather?
Ines Vuckovic/Dose Does pain = rain? The ancient Romans thought so. Our Middle School Mysteries series investigates childhood rumors you never bothered to fact-check yourself. I learned to read in the…
The Science Of Having Sex In Space
Ines Vuckovic/Dose What goes up must get down. Last year, Elon Musk released his plan to send humans to Mars. As many critics have pointed out, Musk’s strategy for colonizing the…
